Galen in Syriac: Rethinking Old Assumptions
This article challenges a series of common assumptions regarding the Syriac translations of Galen: first, about the quality of the sixth-century Syriac translations; second, about the status and role of Syriac as a scientific language; and, third, about economic forces and the motivation for excelle...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2017
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Aramaic studies
Jahr: 2017, Band: 15, Heft: 2, Seiten: 132-154 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Syrien
/ Kultur
/ Medizin
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| RelBib Classification: | KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika TB Altertum |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Galen
Graeco-Arabic
Ḥunayn Ibn Isḥaq
Sergius of Resh ʿAina
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article challenges a series of common assumptions regarding the Syriac translations of Galen: first, about the quality of the sixth-century Syriac translations; second, about the status and role of Syriac as a scientific language; and, third, about economic forces and the motivation for excellence in translation. Finally, the circumstances that produced so many incorrect assumptions, and permitted them to persist for so long, are briefly discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Enthält: | In: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-01502003 |